2000 AD #195

A looming, fanged green-faced giant dominates this January 1981 cover of 2000 AD Prog 195, its red eyes glowering over a city in chaos — crumbling megastructures, fleeing figures, and what appears to be a lone armored lawman standing his ground in the foreground. Ian Gibson's cover art sells the scale of the threat beautifully, pairing urban devastation with that ominous banner proclaiming "Return to Armageddon." Inside, Alan Grant and Ezquerra deliver Part 2 of "The Bad Boys Bust," keeping the anthology's streak of sharp storytelling firmly intact.